Morning journal and courier., 1887-12-31
 COMMUNICATIONS.
ConstituttonalieY of the Revised

ConstitutionalitY of the Revised
 Statutes.
 To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 In an article appearing in morning paper in reference to the forthcoming revision of our State statutes it is stated that the special commission appointed to revise the statutes devoted considerable time to the work but did not finish it in time to submit it to the last General Assembly for examination and adoption, and that Ca gentleman of recog- nized legal ability said yesterday that he was decidedly of the opinion that the General As sembly committed unconstitutional act when it authorized the revision commission to approve the revision since the General Assembly had the sole right under the constitution of approving and adopting laws for the government of the State" While it may possibly be an inter- esting legal question whether the legislature really has the power to do just what it has done in this case, it may st the same time be instructive to inquire whether it's action is without established precedent in this State. Let us look at the history of the enactment of the last revision of our statutes commonly known as the "Revision of 1875" and which with the subsequent additions made yearly by our legislature forms our statute law to- day and concerning whose constitutionalty no question has been raised.
 In 1872 commission was appointed by our General Assembly to prepare 8 new re- vision of the statutes. Prominent among the members of this commission was Prof. Sim con E. Baldwin, of this city. The commis- sion presented their report to the legislature of 1874. This report was accompanied by the manuscript of their revision, and this re- vision was subsequently, adopted by the leg islature in the form of 8 single public act, and the following act was passed to carry the revision into effect, viz:
 of 1SrA (na0a 006A ahaTtar LXXVIII.
 Section 1. ''On and after the first day of January, 1875, the revision of the general statutes of this State adopted at the present session, together with the public acts enacted during said session, as the same shall be Ie- vised, arranged and incorporated together and published under the supervision of and by the commission which prepared said re- vision and which is hereby authorized to so revise, arrange, incorporate together and publish the same, shall be and remain the public statute laws of this State and shall be published under the title of the general stat utes of Connectlcut.n
 Section 2.
 In compliance with this authority the eommission completed their work, incorpo- rating into the revision of the acts of 1874 and January 1, 1875, the revision thus pre- pared by the commission and without any subsequent ratification by the legislature went into effect.
 So much for the history of the "Revision or 1S75," whose force as statute book ex- pires to-day.
 The history of the creation of the revision which will go into effect (to-morrow) Sun day, January 1, 1888, is very similar.
 In brief it is this: A special resolution of our legislature, approved April 23, 1885, provided fsthat the Governor is hereby au- thorized and directed to appoint 8 commit tee, to consist of five members, who shall revise the public statutes and prepare new edition for publication and shall report their doings to the General Assembly of 1887. :" Pursuant to this resolution Governor HaTri- James A. Hovey, Augustus H. Fenn (since elected judge of the Superior court), R. Jay Walsh and George P. Mclean. A printed report containing such 8 revision was pre- gented by this committee to the last session of the General Assembly and the following act was passed to carry this revision into eff feet:
 Public acts of 1SS7.l Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatves in General Assembly convened: Sec 1. The revision of the general statutes of ! this State made by the commission heretofore appointed for that purpose and reported to this l General Assembly is hereby adopted with the pub lie acts enacted during the present session as the public statute laws of this State to take effect hereinafter specified
 I Sec ?. On and after the first day of January 1SS9 said revision of the general statutes of this State, together with said public acts as the same priate marginal references and incorporated to
 gether and published under the supervision of and l by the commission which prepared said revision and which commission is hereby authorized so to revise, arranse incorporate together and publish the same, shall be and remain the pub lie statute laws of the State, and shall be published under the title of the general statutes of Connect cut.
 Sec 3. One copy of said general statutes of Con. necticut as published by said commission shall be by them deposited and thereafter kept in the office of the secretary who shall annex thereto certif- cate under his hand and the seal of the State that the laws therein contained the statute laws of this State and such copy shall be authentic rec ord of such statute laws.
 Approved May f9, 1887.
 This act would seem to be all sufficient to give the revision the stamp of constitution. ality. Certainly the citizens of Connecticut I have reason to congratulate themselves that all their statute law for the next twelve months may be found by consulting the index to single volume